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 by Spinland on Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:17 pm
Belated congrats...and just wait'll next year!  "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -- Frank Zappa
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by nikkie on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:11 pm
Thanks Spinland, and welcome aboard !!   make yourself comfortable  we are all slightly disturbed but harmless...
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by Gare on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:57 pm
IOW, you don't want to spill the beans? Want me to scan and post the receipt? 
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by Gare on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:02 pm
As long as we're talking contests, um...
The Biggest Natal Anniversary of All Time is around the bend. As you'll note if you go outside (I don't but I have it on good authority), stores are already stocking Christmas paraphernalia. Before Hallowe'en was the norm before our global economic meltdown, I was used to after Thanksgiving when I was growing up, but they had outdoor lights for sale at ****Mart on Labor Day!!!
To make a long story longer, the Annual Virtual Christmas Tree Decorating Festival is coming up soon. Look for the new area right here in the Semi-Regular forum soon.
Right after I figure out how to render 120,000 pine needles within a fortnight.
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by Gare on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:40 pm
...a single "instance", I've discovered. Always wondered what that little icon that looks like a clone tool did. 
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by Spinland on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:57 pm
Thanks, guys. I think through the past couple of days' readings I've gathered a sense of the tone around here. I like. Oh, and chocolate-covered coffee beans are YUM--especially if it's dark chocolate.  So, when's the tutorial on the fancy new pine needle brush? "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -- Frank Zappa
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by Gare on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:06 pm
Lemme explain what's going on, Spinland: For the past 7 years, one of us modeling weenies (last year Welles pulled a beee-u-tilful scene for us) renders a bare pine tree. Then our members submit ornaments, then one or more of us use an image editor to graft the ornaments onto the tree until Christmas Eve. I post a progressive work that reflects every two or three days. It's really quite charming for all its nerdiness. So we'll need ornaments, not a pine needles brush, although I'll be posting some Xara custom brush strokes in the next week so Xaraists can make fancy borners and stuff for Christmas cards. We also have a forum to show off members' cards. My Best & Elven Magic, Gare P.S. The unoffical tone of the PDF is "happy anarchy". And the Fairer Sex all make homages to Jack Sparrow every month. Xmas 2006.jpg You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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by Spinland on Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:06 pm
I'm wondering whether those guys in the caps are Nikki creations? Something about the eyes...
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by Gare on Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:29 pm
Those are B & Bs, Spinner. Not Benedictine & Brandy but instead a riff on m & m s.
Barbara is fond of saying that she and I think so much alike, we're like two m & ms, the ones stuck together in the bottom of the bag.
I would never wish on a mortal enemy that they think like me.
Consider The Power put to ill gains. Arrrrg...
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by Spinland on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:06 am
Okay, the light slowly dawns; I get it. What got me wondering were the eyes. In this thread Nikki's fish have a dissimilar eye configuration that stayed with me when I saw yours. Since googly eyes seem to be a hallmark of hers (witness:  ) I just had to ask. "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -- Frank Zappa
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by Gare on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:37 am
It's an astigmatism, Spinner.
The gingerbread men need to get contact raisins.
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